Freddie Whittaker | Schools Week

Ofsted to review tutoring and teachers’ professional development reforms

Watchdog tasked by government with reviewing two key catch-up policies

Whitty makes case for teen vaccine amid ‘substantial transmission’ fears

Giving teenagers the vaccine will help manage disruption to schools and mitigate against the impact of a potential winter Covid “surge”, England’s chief medical officer has said, as he warned of “substantial transmission” amid older pupils. Professor Chris Whitty made the case for 12 to 15-year-olds to get the jab during a hearing of the […]

Soft skills and seaside trips: Starmer’s vision for schools

Labour leader sets out what he stands for in long essay

DfE to research schools’ ‘construction and layout’ in carbon-cutting drive

DfE to look at ‘how it can take school buildings a step further in lowering their carbon footprint’

School cancels post-vaccine remote learning day

Teddington School had asked pupils to work from home on Friday for the benefit of students ‘not feeling 100%’

Keir Starmer to pledge end to private schools VAT exemption – reports

Pledge echoes one made in 2019 manifesto under former leader Jeremy Corbyn

Citizenship reforms, digital skills and careers advice: Starmer sets out his plan for schools

Labour announces raft of measures to be paid-for with money raised from lifting private schools’ VAT exemption

Williamson looking at law change to put defibrillators in ‘all schools’

The government is looking at changing the law to ensure “all schools” have defibrillators, Gavin Williamson has said, following a meeting with campaigners. The education secretary told the House of Commons today it was “incredibly” moving to meet with Mark King, whose 12-year-old son Oliver died during a school swimming lesson in 2011. He said […]

Youngest pupils need ‘most support’, and 3 other things we learned from primary test analysis

Younger primary school pupils will need the “most support” to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers have said, after finding those in key stage 1 saw the biggest drop in attainment by the end of the last academic year. Across all subjects the younger year groups are showing the largest drops in attainment and therefore […]

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